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They just thought I was a complete imbecile,” he recalls with a chuckle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

International fans who have lived with this flaming dumpster of technology have to chuckle at a Jason-come-lately discovering the bane of their existence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Initially, this shot in “Couture” gave me a chuckle and took me out of the film.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

If he was to replay that scene in his head almost four years on, he would surely find it difficult not to chuckle at his own expense.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

The stream, lined with bushes and small trees, rushed along with a lively chuckle.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Were those chuckles overpowered by groans and eye rolls?

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Alex McKechnie chuckles at the leap of faith he took when he packed up almost all his belongings in Glasgow and booked a one-way flight to Vancouver, Canada on 7 September 1974.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

Efforts to wring laughs out of a genuinely awful situation yield only a few uncomfortable chuckles, such as when Charlie and Emma strike some warmup poses for a wedding photographer during an impromptu session.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

Sharafian chuckles and says, “Yes, I was very lonely! My sister and I say we had ‘rich inner lives’ because we didn’t have a lot going on outside.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

I catch myself against the front of the general store as he chuckles.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Peter Fleming, convinced this was just another of his son’s antics, chuckled in disbelief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"She saw my bracelets that I wearing and she just came at me," chuckled Joseph.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

And while some chuckled when Everlane and its peers boasted about being tech-savvy, millennial brands did operate differently from their predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

"The speech therapist recommended to my parents that I had a radio on in my bedroom every night when I was growing up, so I could hear words and language," he chuckled.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

All the brainy people in the audience, like Grace’s father and the district superintendent, chuckled.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Many are asking “What happened to Lindsey Graham?,” but nobody is chuckling.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

But he's just as comfortable ceding the spotlight to Little Simz, or chuckling as he trades riffs with flautist Ajay Prasanna.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Later we’ll hear a young oligarch say, while chuckling nefariously, “I have a banker’s personality. I love money!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

It’s just one of those things that the robots will be chuckling about to themselves for the next millennium.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

“Oh, Helmut, he’s just a curious boy,” said the woman, chuckling.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff